Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bluetooth technology has helped amputees to go


news_13515_1_MDCorporal Joshua Bleyll (Joshua Bleill) lost both legs in Iraq, when an army under his SUV bomb. The fact that today he was able to move independently, Joshua obliged technology, Bluetooth, commonly used to connect mobile phones with hands free headsets. 30- year veteran - one of two disabled veterans who received high-tech Bluetooth- prosthesis. Integrated circuits, located in each leg, coordinate the work of engines knees and ankles. Module Bluetooth, installed in each limb continuously transmits a signal of its actual state on the other foot for maximum clock movements and their smoothness.





Built-in engines also reduce the load on the muscles, which allows disabled people to significantly increase the duration of walking alone, and the later phase of the fatigue. A new generation of motorized prosthesis was originally designed for people who have lost only one limb, but the idea of ​​integrating wireless technology in an interesting perspective was able to expand their use.



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